Brigade Commander

The 48th Infantry Brigade is headquartered in Macon and has units in more than 30 hometowns throughout Georgia.

The last mobilization for the 48th Brigade was in 2004 when 4,500 members served eighteen months as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The 48th Brigade consists of two infantry units, 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry headquartered in Winder and Albany respectively; the 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA) headquartered in Calhoun; the 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery headquartered in Savannah; the 148th Brigade Support Battalion headquartered in Forsyth; and the 48th Brigade Special Troops Battalion headquartered in Statesboro.

Colonel Lawrence E. Dudney began his military career as an enlisted soldier. He was commissioned a 2^nd Lieutenant in Field Artillery at Fort Benning, Georgia. He served in several positions with the 2^nd Battalion 214^th Field Artillery to include Headquarters Battery Commander. In 1990 he joined the 1^st Battalion 230^th Field Artillery that mobilized with the 48^th Infantry Brigade for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Afterward, COL Dudney remained in the 48^th Brigade and served as a Battalion and later Brigade Fire Support Officer. COL Dudney commanded both the 1^st Battalion 214^th Field Artillery and the 1^st Battalion 118^th Field Artillery. Following Battalion command he served at the National Guard Bureau as a Strategic Planner for the Director of the Army National Guard, Headquarters’ Department of the Army Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs (G8) in the Army Quadrennial Defense Review Office, and in the Republic of Korea as the Senior Army National Guard Advisor for United States Forces Korea and Eighth United States Army. In 2003, COL Dudney was assigned as the Deputy Commander of the 48^th Infantry Brigade.

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